Guns on the Bitterroot

by Al Cody

The Bitterroot. Captain Frank Wheeler faced a tough job that summer. Defiant Old Bear and his glory-hungry Nez Perce braves were on the rampage. Weeks ago, Colonel Quantrill had set out to round up the rebels. But silence had swallowed him. Now there were rumors that modern rifles were to be smuggled to the Nez Perce; rumors, too, that other tribes, encouraged by the mad chief's success, might join him. The thing to do was to get to Old Bear first--killing his scheme of uniting many tribes and driving the white man from the Northwest. ABOUT THE Born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1899, AL CODY was a pseudonym of Archie Lynn Joscelyn. Joscelyn went on to become an enormously prolific and popular writer, especially in the western field, but also authoring a number of novels in the detective and romance genres along the way. In addition to the books he wrote under his own name and that of Cody, Archie Joscelyn also used the names A A Archer, Tex Holt, Evelyn McKenna and Lynn Westland. The author grew up on a cattle ranch, which explains the authoritative style and easy familiarity with which he wrote his westerns. He began a freelance career in 1918 as a writer, and shortly thereafter began placing short western fiction in a variety of magazines. Some commentators estimate that he authored some 200 stories during this period. Whilst at university in Helena from 1921 to 1924, he also worked part-time as a journalist for the Montana Record-Herald and the Independent Record. A tireless writer, he published his first novel, The Golden Bowl, in 1931. More than 200 novels followed, including the Powder Burns and Montana Abbott series. He also served a term as president of the Montana Institute of the Arts. He was a lifelong resident of Montana, and was living in Missoula at the time of his death in 1986.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1955

About the author

Pseudonym of Archie Joscelyn

Reviews

[Kaytlyn Keshick · Rating 3 out of 5]

IT seemed difficult to picture some of the characters . I enjoyed some of the emotional female moments. I wonder how much of this is fantasy and how much is realism from the author. The scalping and the way the natives different hair was described was interesting. Full of adventure!